DATA AND OBSERVATIONS:

  1. Time to complete one revolution
     
  2. Number of horses or other animals along the outer edge of ride
     
  3. Estimated distance between two adjacent animals along the outer edge of ride
     
  4. Centripetal acceleration of an outside rider (measured)

CALCULATIONS:

  1. Use the number of animals and the spacing between them to calculate the circumference of the ride (show method clearly)

     
     

  2. Use the circumference and the time to determine the speed of an outside rider (show method)

     
     

  3. Use the circumference to determine the radius of the ride (or use another method). Show work

     
     
  4. Use the speed and the radius to calculate the centripetal acceleration of an outside rider

     
     
  5. Convert this centripetal acceleration to number of g's

     
     
  6. Compare the experimental (measured) value you made for the centripetal acceleration with the calculated one. Explain any major differences

     
     
  7. Explain how the acceleration value for a rider on an inside animal would differ from that of an outside animal

Uploaded March 2000